London: Hollywood star Tom Hanks thinks gaining or losing weight for his future movie roles would be difficult now that he has been diagnosed with diabetes.
The 57-year-old actor, who has been dealing with high blood pressure since the age of 36, recently revealed he has been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, a lifelong condition which occurs when the body does not produce enough insulin,
reported BBC news.
The Oscar winning actor had to lose weight for his roles in 'Philadelphia', 'Castaway' and 'Forrest Gump'.
"I've talked to a number of actors who have gained weight for roles and just out of the sheer physical toll on one's knees and shoulders, no one wants to do it again," Hanks said.
"I think that's more or less a young man's game. I'm 57 and I don't think I'm going to take on any job or go on any vacation again and see to it that I can gain 30 lbs. Gaining and losing of weight may have had something to do with this, because you eat so much bad food and you don't get any exercise when you're heavy," he added.
But the actor thinks that he may have got the disease genetically. "But I think I was genetically inclined to get it. I think it actually goes back to a lifestyle I've been leading ever since I was 7 years old, as opposed to 36. Pizza is the most delightful thing ever invented, and it's for me diabolically dangerous," he said.
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